Striker is unsettled at Championship side following the sacking of boss Brian McDermott last week and would welcome move to Tyneside

Ross McCormack is ready to quit Leeds and make an £8million switch to Newcastle.

McCormack has become unsettled at Elland Road following the sacking of boss Brian McDermott last week and would welcome the chance to move to Tyneside and realise his ambition of playing in the Premier League.

The Magpies' boss Alan Pardew has been handed £35m by owner Mike Ashley for signings this summer.

His priority is to bring in three new strikers after freeing Shola Ameobi and shipping last season's loanees Loic Remy and Luuk de Jong back to parent clubs QPR and Borussia Monchengladbach.

Burnley's Danny Ings, who carries a £7m price-tag, whizkid Ayoze Perez of Tenerife and Cagliari's £8.25m-rated Colombia international Victor Ibarbo are on his wish-list.

But Pardew has already sounded out Leeds about McCormack's availability and wants to strike a deal which would see the Championship outfit receive £6m up front and another £2m following in instalments.